Nordic Combined news - Jarl Magnus Riiber caps stellar season with World Cup win

BySportsbeat

Updated 17/03/2019 at 15:47 GMT

World champion Jarl Magnus Riiber completed his stellar season in style as he cruised to Nordic combined World Cup victory in the 15km Gundersen in Schonach.

Jarl Magnus Riiber (l.); VInzenz Geiger (r.)

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The Norwegian was top of the pile for the 12th time out of 21 World Cup events as he finished with a total time of 25:14.9.

Riiber was second after the jumping with 121.7 points and crossed the line sixth in the cross country to confirm his triumph, finishing 25 seconds clear of compatriot Jan Schmid in Germany.

He finishes his 2018/19 World Cup campaign with 1518 points, well clear of overall second-place Akito Watabe, from Japan, who ended up with 893 points after a fifth-placed finish in Schonach.

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